Apparatus for dispensing ice cream



` w. R. WlLL-.AUER 1,739,431

APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING ICE CREAM Dec. 10, 1929.

Filed April 4, 1928 Azo , l Patented Dag-10, 192.9,

PATENT OFFICE WILLIAI B. WILLAUER, F SPARZNDANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINAAPPARATUS FOR DISPEN SING ICE rGIBJJAM Application led `.April 4,

The object of this invention is to provide a simple mechanism forreducing theexpense and increasing the sanitariness of handlingice-cream in its transmission from the manufacturer through theretail'dealer to theretail customer, and the object of the presentinvention is to cover a type of mechanism for handling the icecreamcartons other than that whlch is covered in my copending appli! cationsSerial N0. 264,770, iled March 26,

1928, and Serial No. 264,771, filed March 26,

In the drawing annexed- Fig. 1 is a side elevation, partlyl in verticalsection, of my improved apparatus;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional viewl on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan view of one of the drum mechanisms.

Referring to thedrawing annexed, 5 designates the usual metallic can orother receptacle set down in a refrigerator and adapted to hold theiceecream receptacle 6. As an ice-cream receptacle, I prefer using apaper carton of the type illustrated and claimed in my aforesaidcopending cases.

This ice-cream receptacle rests on a platform 7 which is adapted to beraised and lowered within the refr igerator-receptacle` 5 by means of apair of cables 8 which, at their lower ends, are attached to laterallugs on the platform 7 and at their upper ends are wound upon the drum 9journaled in a receptacle 1() attached to or arranged adjacent to theupper end of the refrigerator-can 5. Each of the cables passes over aroller 11 journaled at the upper end of the receptacle 5 and extendsoutwardly over the aforesaid drum, upon which, as stated, it is wound. Acoilspring 12 connects this drum to the casing 10 in such manner that ittends to automatically wind up ythe cable 8, this winding-up opera tionbeing resisted by a ratchet-wheel 13 and a pawl 14, the ratchet-wheelbeing aiiixed to the drum 9 and the pawl `being pivotally mounted withinthe casing 10. The spring need not be strong enough topelevatea fullcarton of ice-cream, but it is essential that it 50 be strong enough toautomatically raise a car- 192s. lserial No. 267,466.

ton partly filled with ice-cream,'so that, as

olf or otherwise removed, the surface of theice-cream can be broughtnearer to the top of the refrigerator, so as to be within convenientreach of the clerk who does the dipping.

It will be observed that when the illedlcarton is placed on thebottom-plate 7, which plate is at that time, of course, at the top ofthe can 5, the plate v7 will be depressed against the action of thesp'rin 12 by the weight of the carton, assisted per aps a little bydownward pressure of the hand of the attendant applied to the top of thecarton. As the can is depressed, the pawls 14 will click over theratchet-wheels and permit the cables to unwind and the spring 12 to windup. Theratchets will hold the ice-cream can at what! l ever point theoperator desires it held which at the start, of course, will be on thebottom plate at the bottom of the can 5.- As the ice:

cream is taken out and the level in the carton 6 lowers,.the top part ofthe carton is torn olf or otherwise removed, and then the carton may beraised to bring the level of the icecream up .so as to be moreconvenient for dipping. This is done by releasing the pawls 14 bythrowing them back, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. `When the pawlsare thus thrown off the ratchet-wheels, the springs will raise thecarton automatically under control of the attendant who will govern thespeed of the rise and the distance by hand pressure on the top of thecarton. It is desirable that the base-plate 7 shall be guided truly in'its vertical movement and, with that end in view, I provide the plate 7at its opposite edges with lugs 15 which extend radially outwardly andwork in vertical guides 16 affixed to the interior of the refrigeratorwell 5.

What I claim as new is:

In combination with a refrigerator receptacle,.a support mounted thereinadapted to support an ice-cream container, cables attached to saidsupport extending to the upper part of said vessel, spring-drum meansconnected to the upper ends of the cables adapted to normally raise theplatform carrying the ice-cream container, and manually-controlledratchet means for permitting the supportin plate to be depressed intothe receptacle an automatically preventing the liftlng of the plate, forthe purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereuntoax my signature.

v WILLIAM R. WILLAUER.

